Sentence examples for what was startling from inspiring English sources

What was startling was the manner of the victory.

What was startling was that such a foray, in such a place, was ventured at all.

What was startling to me was that yet again Sarandon declined to say she'd vote for Clinton in November.

What was startling about Mr. Sondheim's letter was its disregard for the diplomatic etiquette usually practiced by artists in the press.

What was startling about The Servant wasn't simply its subject matter – the fractious, shifting and increasingly intimate relationship between master and butler – but its showy style.

What was startling was his own growth from radical young Turk into a director who effortlessly combined the personal and the political.

What is startling about the congregation is its uniform aspect.

What is startling is how frankly Polanski opens up.

And what is startling is the sexualisation of politics.

What is startling about Bergman's collection is the sheer breadth and populism of his tastes.

But what is startling is that Frémont's scent actually morphs into something else mid-flight.